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Zyphra released ZUNA1.1 on July 16, 2026, under the Apache 2.0 license. The 380M masked diffusion autoencoder reconstructs, denoises, and upsamples scalp-EEG across arbitrary channel layouts. It accepts variable-length inputs from 0.5 to 30 seconds, against ZUNA1's fixed five sec

Meta is reportedly in talks with Anthropic to rent out compute capacity from its data centers. The article Zuckerberg's plan to sell excess AI compute could finds its first big customer in Anthropic appeared first on The Decoder .

A measure of Oracle Corp.’s credit risk hit a record high on Friday as concerns grew about both the company’s aggressive cash-burn and the future profitability of its artificial intelligence investments amid a new Chinese model that could rival offerings from companies like OpenA

If every meeting, watercooler conversation, and date gets transcribed and summarized, who's actually reading any of it?

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Argentina’s Neuquen province will pitch foreign investors in New York on its first new international bond in nearly a decade as the local government reaps the rewards of a shale oil boom, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter.

Hedge funds piled into bullish bets on Brent oil at the fastest pace in almost a decade as fighting between Iran and the US ramped up, dampening investors’ expectations of a sustained recovery in shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.

Martin Shkreli wants to make one thing clear to anyone who’s willing to listen: He’s back and he still doesn’t care how many people he ticks off along the way.

A surprise breakthrough from Chinese startup Moonshot rippled through global markets Friday, sending AI and semiconductor stocks sharply lower and reviving memories of last year’s so-called DeepSeek moment. It was the latest reminder that markets are being reshaped at extraordina

Don't eat Taco Bell lettuce in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, or West Virginia.

"We're turning the clock back on rational healthcare."

"Missiles are being launched at the joint force every single day in [Operation] Epic Fury."

Intuit was an early pioneer in the usage of agentic AI, but its path to success has hardly been a straight line. At VB Transform 2026 , Intuit VP of AI Nhung Ho described how the company rebuilt its agent architecture twice in the span of about four months, first moving from a fl

Capital One on Thursday released VulnHunter , an open-source, agentic AI security tool that scans source code for exploitable vulnerabilities, maps out how an attacker would reach them, and proposes targeted fixes — all before a single line ships to production. The tool, built in

The Salinas, Calif., company grows produce in more than 12 states, and in Mexico and Canada. Some Taylor Farms lettuce suspected of causing sickness ended up at Taco Bell.

The F.D.A. is planning to inspect farms and a lettuce shredding facility to determine how lettuce supplied by the produce company Taylor Farms to Taco Bell became contaminated and where it was shipped.

Portable fans are one of the easiest ways to stay cool during the summer, and you don’t have to spend much to find a decent one. If you’re looking for something more versatile, though, Shark’s ChillPill Personal Fan and Cooling System combines a rechargeable fan with a dry-touch

India's smartphone slowdown highlights how the AI boom is reshaping consumer electronics, from pricing and demand to corporate strategy.

Agility is opening a new training center for its Digit robots in Fremont, California.

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I'm building a journal app in Kotlin Multiplatform and for this purpose I have created a zoomable timeline interface. This is a side-project where I reuse the timeline interface to display 4 million events imported from Wikipedia / Wikidata, scored using PageRank. There is more i

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The FireSat program can spot wildfires that other satellites miss.

Moonshot AI has released Kimi K3, a model that by early assessments matches Anthropic's Opus 4.8, built by a team of just 300 people. Even OpenAI strategist Dean W. Ball calls it "very good," but, of course, warns that a world dominated by open-weight models would amount to "AI c

OpenAI's GPT-5.6 has accidentally wiped users' entire home directories in several cases, mostly in the unprotected "Full Access Mode." The model overwrites a temporary directory variable and carries out destructive actions on its own instead of asking for confirmation. OpenAI has

The Treasury market eked out a gain this week as supportive inflation data prevailed over a rebound in oil prices, leading traders to mostly abandon bets on a July Federal Reserve interest-rate hike.

It was not a holiday week on the funding front, as a raft of largely AI-focused companies closed big rounds. The largest of these was a $1.5 billion financing to enterprise AI startup Fireworks AI, and a Series D for meal and delivery provider Wonder.

China’s Moonshot AI unveiled a freely available artificial intelligence model that seemed to narrow the gap with cutting-edge offerings from U.S. tech companies.

Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky says buyers of its new e-paper smartwatches should know what they're signing up for and trust Pebble to make things right if they run into issues, despite the short warranty. "I think the most important thing is trust," Migicovsky told me in an inte

TikTok is starting to test an opt-in tool that scans for AI likenesses and lets creators report them to the company, as spotted by social media consultant Matt Navarra. The tool is initially being tested with "some" US creators, TikTok US spokesperson Zachary Kizer tells The Verg

The potential deal highlights a growing trend of complex, multi-stage funding rounds that mask true entry prices.

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Latigo Biotherapeutics Inc. filed for an initial public offering, joining a growing list of biotechnology firms considering going public as soon as this quarter.

Drilling in the US oil patch achieved the longest stretch without a decrease in activity in more than four years, supporting shale’s expansion amid higher prices driven by the Iran war.

Legacy infrastructure, not the models themselves, is what's actually slowing AI agents down. That was the shared conclusion of three infrastructure leaders — from LinkedIn, Walmart, and Zendesk — at VB Transform 2026 . The panel brought together Animesh Singh, senior director of

Apple Music is more expensive now. In the US, an individual plan now costs $11.99 per month, a $1 bump up from the previous $10.99 price. A family plan now costs $19.99 per month, up from $16.99, and a student plan costs $6.99 per month, up from $5.99. Apple, in a statement to Mu

Designed for year-round comfort, the Dyson Hot+Cool HF1 combines quiet operation and simple controls with Dyson's signature bladeless design.

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European shares extended declines Friday as geopolitical tensions and a technology-stock selloff weighed on markets.

Telecom Italia SpA’s board is leaning toward endorsing Poste Italiane SpA’s €10.8 billion ($12.4 billion) takeover offer as fair, and is unlikely to seek a higher price, according to people familiar with the matter.

History doesn’t always repeat itself.

San Antonio, one of the fastest-growing US metro areas, is tapping the bond market for almost $1 billion as part of an ambitious program to expand and improve its airport.

Grasshopper-like tests could begin in 2028.

American Diabetes Association blocked publication of op-ed articles so the authors posted them as a preprint.

OpenClaw has become one of the most widely adopted agentic frameworks, but it has yet to prove itself at enterprise scale. Agents need real credentials — API keys, OAuth tokens, service accounts — to work effectively, and Brex found that traditional guardrails couldn't contain wh

The company recently opened a new production line to keep up with strong demand for its 737 Max, though orders for its new planes lag rival Airbus.

Elon Musk’s social media platform and the music companies agreed to dismiss dueling claims, from 2023 and 2026, but have not said why.

Apple is suing OpenAI. The complaint is readable and intense, as these things often are, though many experts seem to think many of the allegations are just the ways things are done. So what does Apple really want here, and why is it picking such a public fight with OpenAI? On thi

Apple filed a trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI last Friday, and it’s not messing around. The complaint alleges a pattern of misconduct reaching all the way up to OpenAI’s chief hardware officer and claims more than 400 former Apple employees now work at the company. OpenAI’s

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Bunkerhill Health has raised $55 million to scale its agentic AI platform, Carebricks. The closing of the company’s Series B round, announced today, folds in continued participation from Sequoia Capital, Felicis, Optum Ventures, and Y Combinator. However, a funding total doesn’t

Sweetgreen Inc. shares surged on Friday, halting a four-day skid, after US regulators said a parasite outbreak that’s sickened thousands across several states was traced to shredded iceberg lettuce served at Taco Bell restaurants.

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Official estimates Google and Apple likely made millions in nudify app fees.

Fubo subscribers still don't have Versant channels.

The Asus ROG Swift 32-inch 4K QD-OLED gaming monitor has almost everything I want in a high-end gaming monitor, most notably a QD-OLED panel for inky black levels and vivid colors that go beyond what’s possible on an LCD screen. Amazon, Best Buy, and B&H Photo have this model on

As parents look for alternatives to unrestricted smartphones, a growing number of companies are building phones designed specifically for kids, from feature-limited mobile devices to minimalist home phones.

Prosecutors accused 21-year-old student Zyaire Wilkins of publishing on Steam several fake video games that contained malware, infecting thousands of victims, and stealing crypto from some of them.

Hi Hacker News, I built sellbonds.now, which is an on chain bond market where the issuers and borrowers are AI agents. sellbonds.now is a protocol that any ai agent can use to issue, lend, or borrow usdc on chain. I'm fascinated by the idea of agentic autonomous finance - a futur

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Copper mines and ports in central Chile curtailed some operations in the face of a powerful winter storm, while major mining installations in the north remained unaffected.

Bloomberg reporters answer your questions about the UK’s new prime minister Andy Burnham and what his policies mean for your money and markets in a Live Q&A on Tuesday, July 16 at 2 p.m. BST.

It’s the middle of summer driving season, when Americans typically embark on road trips and burn through millions of barrels of gasoline each day. They’ll be paying more for every fill up.

Ken Griffin has gone to extraordinary lengths to assemble parcels of land around his planned Citadel headquarters in Miami, including buying up all 138 units in a condo building across the street.

Troubled business services giant Foundever Group has reached an agreement with a group of creditors to reduce its multi-billion dollar debt load, with the company’s controlling shareholder injecting fresh funds and installing new management.

An appeals court said the Defense Department could require escorts for reporters who visit the Pentagon while The New York Times sues to overturn the rule.

Federal authorities have arrested a Florida man suspected of stealing at least $220,000 in crypto through malware-infected Steam games, as reported earlier by local news outlet Local10. In the complaint, officials accuse 21-year-old Zyaire Wilkins and co-conspirators of launching

Are we living through a small car renaissance? There's the Slate Truck, Amble's dune buggy, and the Fiat Topolino, as well as a whole galaxy of kei cars and trucks from Japan that have their own built-in fan base. While microcar sales in the US are still as tiny as the vehicles t

Leaker Evan Blass shared images of Samsung's redesigned Galaxy Z Fold 8 just days before the July 22nd launch event where Samsung is expected to officially announce the phone. The leaked images show a shorter, wider foldable matching earlier leaks of the Z Fold 8. They also revea

Patreon is strengthening its defenses against AI scraping by working with Cloudflare to block bots that train AI models on creators’ content without permission. The move marks a shift away from relying on websites using robots.txt alone to actively block unauthorized AI training.

Some Amazon customers logged on Friday to a surprise bill estimate claiming that they owed the tech and cloud giant billions in fees.

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BASF SE has invited banks to pitch for roles on an initial public offering of its agrichemical division in Frankfurt, in what could be one of the largest offerings the bourse has seen in recent years.

Anglo American Plc has chosen a preferred bidder for its sale of De Beers, a Botswanan cabinet minister said.

The cost of hedging against swings in the dollar has fallen to its lowest level this year, signaling that traders see little chance of a major catalyst disrupting the world’s reserve currency despite an uncertain Federal Reserve outlook and resurgent conflict in the Middle East.

Connecticut hedge fund Deccan Value Investors is speaking out about its 2022 settlement of Securities and Exchange Commission claims that it breached its fiduciary duty to two university endowments after the regulator recently lifted its so-called gag rule.

A research scientist at Lockheed, he came up with the idea for a computer system that would search scientific and technical literature almost instantaneously.

Hundreds of thousands of people are creating companies each year, ending a decades-long drought.

Xbox is currently in a "reset" period that includes laying off around 3,200 employees over the next year, involving deep cuts at beloved studios like id Software and Obsidian Entertainment. Now, in an attempt to show that things are still running fine, the company has announced a

Greenworks Tools has issued a recall for around 554,780 Kobalt-branded power tools designed for yard work because of a battery issue "posing a risk of serious injury from fire hazard." There have been 34 reports of the tool's batteries "producing smoke, sparking or catching fire

The recall comes as the top automotive safety regulator in the U.S. has warned AV companies about their vehicles interfering with first responders.

It’s not just you: AI startups are taking in a huge amount of seed funding, and in the process making things harder for anyone looking for funding even at a pre-seed stage. We’ve covered the trend in detail, and at this year’s TechCrunch Disrupt event, we want to help pre-seed fo

Remarkable's Paper Pure replaces Remarkable 2, and it is quite good.

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Sarah Friar, CFO of OpenaAI, introduces a practical AI scorecard to measure ROI through useful work, cost per successful task, dependability, and return on compute.

The Bank of Italy raised its outlook for the country’s economy, judging that a positive start to the year will outweigh fallout that followed from the Iran war.

Symmetry Investments has received the regulatory approval to operate in Dubai, joining hedge fund peers who’re continuing to expand in the emirate despite the regional conflict.

A closely-watched index of semiconductor stocks has fallen into a bear market, unwinding a chunk of the blistering memory-led rally that saw the gauge more than double in just three months.

Apple Inc. is again the biggest company in the world after wresting the title from Nvidia Corp., which has held it since May 2025.

Risk is rising as big tech companies like Oracle — the ultimate financial source of the Ellison media empire — need to turn to the bond market for staggering sums to finance data centers.

Minnesota and Connecticut are two of the states expanding their loan options. “We see it as a substitute program,” one official said.

Last year, Microsoft's 13-inch Surface Laptop quickly became one of my favorite thin-and-light Windows notebooks. At $900, it was easy to recommend to anyone wanting MacBook Air-like build quality and battery life on Windows - I even convinced my sister to buy one on sale. But th

This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they're going to change your life. Opt in for Optimizer here. I was in the middle of writing a different Optimizer column this

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I receive an AWS Budgets alert that my budget is exceeding the alert threshold. Threshold is 5$. Forecasted amount is listed as $3,005,575,870.47. (Yepp, right, that’s 3 billion dollars.) I haven't even used AWS actively in the last year, but AWS console lists the amount as state

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This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. There’s a lot of hype around perimenopause. Don’t buy it. Perimenopause used to be considered taboo, but not anymore. Thanks at least in part

The biggest US spenders on artificial intelligence are gaining popularity again as investors dump expensive chipmakers. For Societe Generale SA’s Manish Kabra, that rotation is unlikely to last.

As worries build around the artificial intelligence trade, investors are starting to seek shelter in a more pedestrian corner of the stock market: companies with sturdy finances.

Zhongji Innolight Co. received approval from China’s securities regulator and the Hong Kong stock exchange for what is likely to be one of the city’s biggest listings in years.

Flows through the critical waterway haven’t fully stopped, but signs of stress in the market are mounting.

Apple Inc. was upgraded to buy at HSBC Holdings Plc on Friday, in the latest reflection of how Wall Street is increasingly positive on the iPhone maker’s position in a market where many trades related to artificial intelligence have been faltering.

"We have done everything that could be done to test Vikram-1 on ground."

Quick, comfortable, roomy, and agile for a large electric SUV.

FCC chair has been gifted at least $63,000 worth of tickets by CBS or its parent company.

New report says our ability to tie weather damages to climate change is improving.

Poolhouse, which was created by the founders of Topgolf and uses technology to track players’ scores, aims to sell its platform to others.

The House has passed a bill that would bar the use of merchant codes specifically for firearm retailers, an effort to pre-empt state adoption of the tool.

A sell-off in Asia led by chipmakers spilled into Europe and U.S. markets on Friday.

Trump Media, the company behind Truth Social, is selling Wall Street faster access to the "most market-moving" posts on the US President's social media platform. On Thursday, Trump Media announced plans to launch "Truth API," a licensed real time data feed for businesses that pro

A $400 million chip-backed loan points to the next wave of AI infrastructure deals.

Linux creator Linus Torvalds has come out strongly in favor of AI tools in kernel development. "Linux is not one of those anti-AI projects," he wrote on the kernel mailing list amid a debate over Sashiko, the Linux Foundation's AI-powered code review tool. Torvalds said he would

International Business Machines Corp.’s warning this week that its sales are falling well short of expectations highlights a growing divide between artificial intelligence winners and everyone else in the tech universe.

The bonds sold by hyperscalers to fuel their artificial intelligence ambitions have become a drag on investor portfolios from London to Tokyo.

Brazil has big ambitions for its plan to enter China’s onshore bond market — if only corporate Brazil follows along.

Reliance Industries Ltd. founders, led by billionaire Mukesh Ambani, raised stake in the Indian oil-to-telecom conglomerate by the most in nearly seven years following the stock’s prolonged slump in the wake of the US-Iran war.

We put together a snapshot of recent startup funding tallies and trends for World Cup finalists Spain and Argentina. While neither accounts for a particularly large share of global or even regional investment, both have an intriguing pipeline of recently funded companies. Here's

URL already posted: https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status I've got an estimated bill for $1.7 BILLION over this month. Normal usage is Obvs have created an urgent AWS support ticket. Anyone else seeing something like this? Update: Reddit link: https://www.reddit.com/r/aws/c

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Tech stocks are selling off and there’s no sign of any letup. A new AI model from a Chinese startup is one contributing factor.

Shares in mining equipment manufacturers Sandvik AB and Epiroc AB fell as a slide in precious metal prices since the start of the year weiged on orders.

Circle Internet Group Inc. shares have lost more than three-quarters of their value from the highs seen just after their initial public offering last year and as more stablecoins come to market, one analyst is warning it could get worse.

Chinese officials called the election-meddling accusation baseless, while analysts said Beijing was trying to preserve a fragile détente.

Shipping traffic was at its lowest level in more than a month and oil prices moved higher as the Iran war continued to disrupt the supply of energy.

Xi Jinping said that the development of artificial intelligence systems should be a “symphony of global collaboration.”

Amazon's upcoming God Of War show has hit a major snag - it's now on the hunt for a new Kratos, after an on-set injury put its current lead actor out of commission. Sons of Anarchy star Ryan Hurst was originally cast for the role in January, with Deadline reporting that four epis

The Trump administration is waging a culture war on science, and the latest salvo is in the form of a dry, bureaucratic proposal from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) that could threaten the future of US science as we know it. The proposal would give political appointees

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Every morning, airline dispatchers, grid operators, and farmers around the world make decisions based on the same thing: a weather forecast. While these forecasts are something that most people glance at for two seconds, weather predictions influence major strategic decisions in

Perimenopause has entered the chat. Perimenopause—and its better-known relative, menopause—used to be considered taboo. Not anymore, thanks at least in part to TV doctors and social media influencers. Perhaps it’s my age, but these days, both my algorithm and my conversations wit

Sharp stock rotations are necessary for the equity rally to broaden beyond the tech sector, according to Citigroup Inc.’s Beata Manthey.

Aliko Dangote has nearly completed a $2.5 billion private stock placement for his refinery business, according to people familiar with the matter, as the company prepares for Africa’s largest initial public offering.

Airbus SE won an order from Air China for 15 A350-900 widebody aircraft as well as 40 A320neo series for its Shenzhen Airlines subsidiary, with a total transaction value of about $12.4 billion.

Big business made big promises about saving the planet. Following through hasn’t been easy.

The Federal Reserve is expected to hold rates steady at its July meeting, but officials have not written off the possibility of a move soon after.

Maram Hammadi, who grew up playing on dirt fields in Iraq before opening a barbershop outside Seattle, heard Egypt needed a barber. He cleared his books.

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Netflix now uses AI in about 300 productions, mostly in post-production. Co-CEO Ted Sarandos put specific numbers to the effort: the docuseries "The American Experiment" includes 17 minutes of AI-assisted footage, produced twice as fast at half the cost. The savings will "likely"

Last August, President Trump made the unprecedented choice of moving to fire Fed governor Lisa Cook. The administration claimed she was being terminated with cause, citing an ongoing investigation in alleged mortgage fraud committed by Cook. The legal battle between Cook and the

UBS Asset Management’s Kevin Zhao is planning to short Treasuries in a bet that the robust US economy will erode the haven appeal of owning government debt.

Indian fast-delivery company Zepto Ltd. is seeking a valuation in an initial public offering sharply below its $7 billion peak as concerns over cash burn temper optimism around the industry and raise questions about the firm’s path to profitability.

Amundi SA wants the European Union to free asset managers to add oil and gas exposures to a new fund category intended to support the transition to a lower-carbon economy.

US equity futures fell as a selloff in semiconductor stocks gathered steam, pushing investors to look for alternatives in other corners of the market.

US executives are selling shares at the second-fastest pace in more than 20 years, a classic red flag to some investors because it suggests people with the most corporate knowledge are wary about markets.

NVIDIA released Nemotron 3 Embed on July 15 and 16, 2026. The collection has three open checkpoints: Nemotron-3-Embed-8B-BF16, Nemotron-3-Embed-1B-BF16, and Nemotron-3-Embed-1B-NVFP4. The 8B ranks #1 on RTEB at 78.46 average NDCG@10. The 1B came from ModelOpt NAS pruning plus COS

Accelerating earnings growth and confidence the rally can withstand the latest geopolitical jitters means strategists are increasingly optimistic about European stocks, a Bloomberg survey shows.

Amundi SA says it expects to book net capital gain of around €300 million ($343 million) from the initial public offering of its asset management joint venture in India.

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Coronation Asset Management Ltd., which oversees $47 billion, has trimmed its exposure to chipmakers and increased its allocation to India, as expectations for artificial intelligence stocks have risen to levels that are nearly impossible to beat.

Palm oil headed for a second weekly advance on expectations for stronger demand from India, and a lift from higher crude prices.

Michael Burry, the investor made famous in The Big Short, recommends bargain hunting in Hong Kong’s stock market after it lagged peers during the global AI rally this year.

The Abu Dhabi Investment Council has hired a former BlackRock Inc. and Macquarie Group executive to lead its real assets business, underscoring the emirate’s ability to attract senior global investment talent despite regional geopolitical tensions.

India’s Manipal Health Enterprises Ltd., operator of the Manipal Hospitals chain, is seeking a lower valuation of about 800 billion rupees ($8.3 billion) in its planned initial public offering, according to people familiar with the matter.

The sole stock exchange in the Philippines is preparing a slew of measures including new exchange-traded funds to attract retail investors away from online gambling and cryptocurrency trading.

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A Japanese ruling party panel is calling for stricter limits on shareholder rights, arguing that existing regulations encourage what it sees as “excessive” activist proposals and the pursuit of short-term profits.

Wheat extended a decline as traders took profits, against a backdrop of Black Sea supply risks and weak US export demand.

National Stock Exchange of India Ltd., the operator of the world’s largest derivatives exchange by trading volume, has received a ‘sell’ recommendation just as it gears up to launch the country’s biggest initial public offering.

A selloff in Asian chip stocks gathered pace, as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.’s strong results failed to clear investors’ lofty expectations, stoking worries over heavy spending and a weaker outlook for profitability.

Emerging-market equities fell for a second day and are headed for a weekly decline as concerns over stretched AI valuations dragged technology shares lower, triggering a selloff across Asia.

Eoptolink Technology Inc., a Chinese maker of optical transceivers, has filed confidentially for a multibillion-dollar listing in Hong Kong, according to people familiar with the matter.

Howden Group, the London-based insurance broker that’s chasing an initial public offering by 2030, is in talks to raise several billion pounds in new private capital as it seeks to maintain its break-neck expansion.

Two US-sanctioned tankers carrying cooking fuel are U-turning and zig-zagging in the Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea, part of a flotilla of vessels laden with Iranian energy exports that are facing an aggressive US blockade of the country’s shipping.

Conversations with economists, and people around him, shed light on how Andy Burnham might tackle entrenched challenges.

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Hong Kong stocks’ valuation discount to their mainland-listed counterparts is widening, driven largely by liquidity strains and Beijing’s crackdowns on capital outflows.

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The Reserve Bank of India’s latest measures to attract foreign currency inflows are set to lift optimism when some of the country’s largest private sector banks report on Saturday.

Base metals retreated on Friday as traders weighed the likelihood of higher interest rates and their negative impact on demand.

For the broader rally to sustain, demand will need to recover too.

"Now offloading propellant. Next launch attempt hopefully in a few days."

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Investor Balaji Srinivasan requested a meeting with the office of Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, days after immigration officers raided his startup school in Forest City, a mega-development in the southern state of Johor.

India should deepen economic ties with Beijing by opening the door to greater Chinese investment and reconsidering regional trade pacts as shifting geopolitics make the US a less dependable partner, an adviser to Prime Minister Narendra Modi said.

A measure of investor sentiment on China technology hardware is flashing its most bearish reading in over four years as the red-hot rally in chip stocks rapidly cools.

Thai stocks are finding favor again as investors bet that an Anutin Charnvirakul-led government will bring an end to years of political turbulence, spurring foreign capital inflows.

China’s artificial intelligence companies are poised to deliver robust earnings, but elevated expectations after a months-long rally are raising the bar for tech stocks to climb further.

Taco Bell said it has voluntarily removed potentially affected lettuce from a supplier linked to a multistate Cyclospora outbreak and will replace the ingredient within 24 hours at restaurants in affected states.

The product, Truth API, could give Wall Street trading firms an edge in seeing President Trump’s posts on the social media platform he partly owns.